Nobody knows what is actually available
Separate total, reserved, rejected, WIP and usable stock.
01 · What is usually happening?
The ERP says one number, the shelf says another, and some of the stock is already reserved for a job or is waiting for inspection. Asking "do we have it?" gets three different answers.
Decisions are made on the number someone trusts that day.
The question people usually ask“Do we have it?”
The more useful question“How much is usable and free today, after reserved, rejected and in-inspection stock?”
02 · Common causes
- 01Total stock is shown, not usable stock
- 02Receipts and issues are entered late
- 03Reserved quantities are not visible
- 04Rejected material sits in the same location
- 05Locations are not named, so stock is hard to find
- 06Counts are rare and not followed by correction
03 · What to check now0 of 6 checked
04 · What good looks like
- 01Usable, reserved and held stock are shown apart.
- 02Receipts and issues are entered the same day.
- 03Every item has one named location.
- 04A small count runs every week and corrections are made.
- 05Rejected material is moved out of usable stock.
05 · Where this connects
This rarely stays in one department
What it can lead to: Decisions are made on a number nobody believes.
Start from a problem
Work flows left to right, top to bottomKEYMost important for manufacturing
These support every part of the business
Problem
Nobody knows what is actually available
Usually connected to
How it spreads
- Inventory
What it can lead to: Decisions are made on a number nobody believes.
lamplamp could show usable stock per item, not just the total.
06 · Related processesMaterial receipt to usable stock
08 · lamp
lamp could keep this moving
lamp is not available yet. These are things it is being built to do.
- lamp could show usable stock per item, not just the total.
- lamp could flag items where the system and the last count disagree.
- lamp could remind stores about receipts not yet entered.
- lamp could suggest a weekly count list.
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